1st Edition

Competition and Regulation in the Airline Industry Puppets in Chaos

By Steven Truxal Copyright 2012
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

An examination of the relationship between competition and the deregulation and liberalisation of the US and European air transport sectors reveals that the structure of the air transport sector has undergone a number of significant changes. A growing number of airlines are entering into horizontal and vertical cooperative arrangements and integration including franchising, codeshare agreements,... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The evolution of air transport  3. Deregulation, liberalisation and regulation  4. American and European competition law and policy  5. The development of tactical and strategic alliances  6. Final thoughts

Biography

Steven Truxal is Visiting Professor at Humboldt University in Berlin and Director of the University's Centre for British Studies.

Dr. Truxal's text provides a very readable examination of some of the main issues relating to competition and regulation in civil aviation - Charles Giacco for German Journal of Air and Space Law (2015)